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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Hung-Sheng Chang, Taipei, TW;
Yu-Ming Chang, Pingtung County, TW;
Hsiang-Pang Li, Zhubei, TW;
Yuan-Hao Chang, Taipei, TW;
Tei-Wei Kuo, New Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/3427 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5641 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5648 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data allocating method includes steps of: determining whether data to be written into a physical memory block is hot data or cold data; when the data is hot data, according to a hot data allocating order, searching at least one first empty sub-block from the physical memory block to allocate the data; when the data is cold data, according to a cold data allocating order, searching at least one second empty sub-block from the physical memory block to allocate the data.